The best books and methods for starting off young children with piano lessons, featuring My First Piano Book and more
An important part of children's musical experience in early years and primary school is having the chance to play tuned and untuned percussion instruments. Here's a helpful guide as to which instruments to provide, and the best places to buy what you need at a competitive price. Find out why the last instruments to consider buying are electronic keyboards! more
Home music-making helps language development in early years children, say Middlesex University researchers - even if parents have no particular music skills! Find the best resources for fun music activities that can easily be done at home. more
E-MusicMaestro Aural Test Training - practise little and often for best results. more
How to improve your sight reading and do your best in the sight reading element of music exams - all instrumentalists and singers. more
I have shared techniques for improving sight reading with you before but now, for the first time, I'm going to tell you the true story of how I became a good sight reader! more
'... wonderful, original approach ... It is simple but brilliant and PUPILS WILL LOVE IT', says Fiona Lau in a review of E-MusicMaestro Learn to Sight Read: Piano Books Series Fiona Lau: Music Teacher, Rhinegold, January 2018. more
A practical, teacher's guide to helping piano students to enjoy acquiring useful keyboard geography and applying it to their playing. more
Fun games for piano teachers to use for developing their students' note naming, notation reading, intervals, theory and keyboard geography. more
Even the smallest and simplest achievements in playing by ear can bring a sense of achievement and provide another reason to congratulate your student in the lesson. Here's how to begin teaching playing by ear. more
Detailed guidance on how to use chords in your teaching to help your pupils to play by ear, improvise and understand theory. Great ways to make piano lessons more fun while promoting secure learning. more
Exploring a variety of approaches to inventive improvising that inspire students at various ages and skill levels. more